Summer love Wiltshire wedding venue Bowood was the stunning backdrop for this blush-pink and grey-themed wedding Images courtesy of Lauren Mitchell Photography Alex and Nick met on a train when they were both headed out for the evening. “We were sat near one another and Nick started a conversation,” Alex tells us. “I had a boyfriend at the time so I wasn’t very talkative but he added me as a friend on Facebook (which I ignored for five months) and we started messaging each other on my birthday after I became single. We met up for our first date and the rest is history! Nick says that it was love at first sight for him but for me, it was his perseverance because he had to put in some serious effort to win me over!” The couple became engaged during a trip to Kenya. “My mum lives there so I had flown over to see her for the Easter holidays without Nick who was busy with work commitments,” Alex tells us. “I enjoyed a wonderful week with mum going on safari and relaxing on the beach. On Good Friday, I was asleep on a sun lounger and woke up to somebody tapping me on the shoulder which turned out to be Nick! He told me that he had travelled there to ask me something, at which point the penny dropped. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him with a beautiful diamond solitaire ring that had been made using my late grandmother’s engagement ring. I heard clapping behind me as I said ‘yes’ which was my mum – she had been watching the entire proposal and was in on the surprise! Nick had also taken my dad out for dinner two weeks earlier to ask for his permission – he had thought of everything!” Here, Alex tells us all about their blush-pink and grey-themed day at Bowood in Calne, Wiltshire. Alexandra Louise Thompson (known as Alex) married Nicholas Roy Young (known as Nick) on 7th August 2021 at St John the Baptist Church, Colerne followed by a reception at Bowood in Calne, Wiltshire. REAL WEDDINGS 29
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